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25-07-2026
Refused in South Australia: A Landowner's Framework for Choosing Between a Review, an Appeal, Amending and Selling
Your South Australian development application was refused. What a panel review, an ERD Court appeal, amending and relodging, or selling each spends.
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25-07-2026
Build It, Sell It, Do It Again: The South Australian Licensing Rule That Can Make a Landowner a Building Work Contractor
Planning to build two on an Adelaide block and sell one? What South Australian builder licensing and building indemnity insurance can mean for landowners.
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25-07-2026
Which Way Does Your Block Fall? Legal Point of Discharge, Detention, and Why Stormwater Sets Your Floor Levels in SA Infill
Before asking whether you need a detention tank, ask your council for the level your Adelaide site may lawfully discharge to. It sets the floor levels.
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20-07-2026
What Development Margin Do You Actually Need? Profit-on-Cost Benchmarks for Adelaide Infill
How to read profit-on-cost margin on a small Adelaide infill project: what the percentage measures against, and why the hurdle often sits higher.
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20-07-2026
Acid Sulfate Soils on Reclaimed Adelaide Land: The Overlay That Can Stop Excavation at Port Adelaide and LeFevre
Around Port Adelaide and LeFevre, disturbing reclaimed ground can trigger acid sulfate soils handling that turns routine excavation into unbudgeted work.
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20-07-2026
Raising the Bar on Infill: How SA's Tightened Residential Infill Rules Change Your Yield
SA is lifting the design and amenity bar on residential infill, and the standards under review are the ones that decide your lot yield. Re-test it.
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20-07-2026
Fixed-Price Contract or Not? Build-Cost Escalation and Builder Insolvency Risk in Your SA Feasibility
A fixed-price contract reshapes build-cost and builder-failure risk rather than erasing it. Escalation, contingency and insolvency as feasibility inputs.
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20-07-2026
Building in a Bushfire Hazard Overlay in the Adelaide Hills Fringe: BAL Ratings, Access and the Costs Owners Miss
A bushfire overlay is rarely just a BAL report. It can drive separation, water-supply and access requirements that reshape cost, yield or subdivision.
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20-07-2026
7-Star Energy and Accessible-Housing Rules: The Building Code Changes Adding to SA Build Costs
The NCC's 7-star energy and minimum accessibility provisions have lifted the SA build-cost baseline. Make sure your feasibility reflects today's code.
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20-07-2026
Why the Bank Valuation Came in Low — and What It Does to Your SA Development
A low bank valuation is rarely a verdict on your project. It follows from which valuation was ordered and what the valuer was told to assume.
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20-07-2026
Reactive Clay and Site Classification in Adelaide: What a Class H or P Soil Report Does to Your Footing Budget
Much of Adelaide sits on reactive clay. How your site classification (Class H or P) drives the engineered footing, and why to commission it early.
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20-07-2026
Is Your Land a Target for the $500m Housing Fast-Track Fund? A Landowner's Read
A landowner's read on what SA's $500m housing fast-track fund could mean for your options, timing and value, and which questions belong with advisers.
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